close your eyes beneath the sunglasses
a prayer closet
turn in to turn out
designed to block and bar
instead this tinted breather
pops the plastic lid
from the cup
dive from the curled wax paper edge
into deeper communion

consent blind man
total immersion
light permeates your lids like Irish creamer
heat on skin like the press of a palm
you are a paper cup lit up
held in two hand on this cold morning

expand
Son salutation
tip the cup all the way back
the last drops cling inside then
plummet
lift the head
reach and feel the stretch
thank you thank you thank you